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Chateau d If:
This was a big hit with friends of Mark & Bill at their viewing party:
Chateau d If:
This shot was taken between 9:50 and 9:51 am (assumes nothing). :lol:
Official start time: 9:50 am Tuesday April 22nd, 2008
mswood:
Well my analysis of Nick and Starr shows that they checked in at 10:10am. Assumes Nick knows how to tell time :funny:.
apskip:
I have a new topic for all to think about. It is alliances and how they impact an Amazing Race. My raw material really comes from Amazing Race Asia 3 ep. 3 in the coins task, but it applies to AR13 as well since some teams are forming them.
I think that the sharing of a result like the coins order in the tray by Bernie/Henry when they left should not be allowed to be shared. Part of the fun of an Amazing Race is to have teams forced to deal with unusual situations. if they can have an alliance partner provide them with an instant answer, it is much less interesting for us viewers. I definitely feel that any physical challenges should involve no helping by other teams. The one that comes to mind is Uchenna in London helping Meredith and Gretchen with a heavy boat shell. What do you think?
apskip:
While I am on my soapbox, let's go for the daily double. This one is about speeding in car driving tasks on the Amazing Race. There has been a history of going way over the speed limit in all Amazing Races and in all Amazing Race Asias. The only time I can recall that a team was given major punishment was in New Zealand between Dunedin and Queenstown in ARA1 to Andy driving about 50 km/hour above the limit. An even better example is Rob Mariano in AR7 on the way to thte San Juan Airport. He started well behind Uchenna, but finished slihgtly ahead. How did this happen? Simple, he broke the speed limit. In AR13 ep.1 I saw Ken Greene be the worst of the many speeders. I don't know how fast he was going, but probably in the neighborhood of 80 mph. The local police will be able to catch and ticket almost nobody, so that has not worked. Enforcement should be the responsibility of the sound-man on the 2 person camera/sound team that accompanies all teams. If they were required to assure that no team goes over the speed limit, then the dangerous high-speed driving that we observe will almost diasppear.
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